home area; home town; local
financial power; financial means; wealth
harmless; innocuous; safe; benign
to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
man who financially depends on a woman
state of mind; mentality; psychology
unsophisticated palate; inability to discern good and bad flavours
cannot be compared with; no match for
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
cooking; food preparation
fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
efficiently; skillfully; adeptly; adroitly; deftly
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
food; food products; foodstuffs
to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
kitchen table; kitchen counter; working surface
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove
stone oven; masonry oven; brick oven
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to stand on end (hair, fur); to bristle; to ruffle (up)
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child; to provide for a child (children)
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
several weeks; a few weeks